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Seldom does a single number overwhelm a day. 'Eleven', though, made Friday an unusual exception
New York: From China to New York, people placed bets, tied the knot, made a wish and some were even extracautious. Friday marked the 11th day of the 11th month of 2011. Around the world, people celebrated the triple convergence of 11s with a splash.
Some 1,000 ethnic Chinese couples exchanged vows across Malaysia on a date viewed as auspicious and romantic. In China, a special "1111" train started at 11:11 am on the No 11 line in Shanghai. "The numbers rhyme with one husband, one wife and one soul in Chinese and signifies a marriage that would last a lifetime," said nurse Pua Kim Giok, 25, who tied the knot with engineer Lee Chin Siong, 27. They were among 460 couples who got married at the popular Thean Hou Temple in Kuala Lumpur.
Not everyone was smiling, however. Egypt's antiquities authority closed the largest of the Great Pyramid of Giza following rumours that groups would try to hold spiritual ceremonies on the site at 11:11. The authority's head Mustafa Amin said in a statement on Friday that the pyramid of Khufu would be closed until Saturday morning for "necessary maintenance".
The closure followed a string of unconfirmed reports in local media that unknown groups would try to hold "Jewish" or "Masonic" rites on the site. Amin said all reports of planned ceremonies at the site were "completely lacking in truth".
Seldom does a single number overwhelm a day. 'Eleven', though, made Friday an unusual exception
New York: From China to New York, people placed bets, tied the knot, made a wish and some were even extracautious. Friday marked the 11th day of the 11th month of 2011. Around the world, people celebrated the triple convergence of 11s with a splash.
Some 1,000 ethnic Chinese couples exchanged vows across Malaysia on a date viewed as auspicious and romantic. In China, a special "1111" train started at 11:11 am on the No 11 line in Shanghai. "The numbers rhyme with one husband, one wife and one soul in Chinese and signifies a marriage that would last a lifetime," said nurse Pua Kim Giok, 25, who tied the knot with engineer Lee Chin Siong, 27. They were among 460 couples who got married at the popular Thean Hou Temple in Kuala Lumpur.
Not everyone was smiling, however. Egypt's antiquities authority closed the largest of the Great Pyramid of Giza following rumours that groups would try to hold spiritual ceremonies on the site at 11:11. The authority's head Mustafa Amin said in a statement on Friday that the pyramid of Khufu would be closed until Saturday morning for "necessary maintenance".
The closure followed a string of unconfirmed reports in local media that unknown groups would try to hold "Jewish" or "Masonic" rites on the site. Amin said all reports of planned ceremonies at the site were "completely lacking in truth".
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